October 2020
Northfleet, Kent
Still in dry storage awaiting its turn to go back on the road
Photo © E. Pring
June 2013
Northfleet, Kent
In store, next to RLH 71
Photo © K. Valla
Entries are in reverse date order.
October 2020
Northfleet, Kent
Still in dry storage awaiting its turn to go back on the road
Photo © E. Pring
June 2013
Northfleet, Kent
In store, next to RLH 71
Photo © K. Valla
April 2012; With the London Bus Company in the UK, along with RLH 71
April 2012
Liverpool docks
After re-patriation to the UK along with RLH 53 and RLH 71
Photo © M. Weeks
3rd December 2011: Still awaiting export from the USA to the UK.
September 2011: Sold to a new owner in the UK.
January 2010
RLH 53, RLH 69 (centre) and RLH 71
Oregon, USA
Photo by S. McFadden
4th July 2007
Ashland, USA
Taking part in the parade for Independence Day, after repainting with a white roof and fitting with side advert for urbanMinx.com
April 2007
Gold Hill, Oregon, USA
Under restoration
Photo by M. Walton
March 2007
Sold, along with RLH 69 and RLH 71. Shown about to leave for Oregon.
Photo by M. Walton
May 2005
Same location as below (with RLH 53 and RLH 71)
Photo ©, and used with permission of, Bob Martin
October 2001
Murrieta, California, USA
(with RLH 53 and RLH 71)
Photo © David Humphrey
October 2001
Murrieta, California, USA
Photo © David Humphrey
October 2001
Murrieta, California, USA
Lower saloon interior view. These 3 RLHs retained their original paper interior advertisements and were, in general, perhaps the least modified RLHs in the USA at the time.
Photo © David Humphrey
November 1998
Murrieta, California, USA
With RLH 53 and RLH 71
Photo © E. Pring
July 2001:
North County Times newspaper article about RLH 53, RLH 69 and RLH 71 in Murrieta
(link last updated 2018-03-18)
November 1993: sold at auction to a gentleman who wished to use them on a proposed tour of the Murrieta Temecula valley. The tour did not go ahead and the buses remained in a back yard for nearly 15 years (see above photos).
January 1972: Exported (perhaps with the non-authentic route 11 blinds in the apertures) to a museum 'the Hill Country Wagons to Wings Collection', Morgan Hill, California, USA along with RLH 53 and RLH 71 (for the next 40 years, those three buses stayed together).
17th April 1971: Withdrawn from London Transport
16th April 1971, 16:37 hours
Turning from Rothbury Road into Hepscott Road, Hackney Wick
Working on the last day of RLH service on route 178
Photo © D. Pring
16th April 1971
Clapton Pond terminus
Photo © R. Lanham
September 1970: Switched back to Dalston garage
August 1970
Upminster Station stand
Working on route 248
Photo © R. Newport
March 1965: the bus served from Hornchurch garage
RLH 69 was always a Central area red bus, and during its LT career of nearly 20 years, served at all 4 of the Central area garages which operated RLHs.
Early history: According to the official LT record, it was allocated new to Merton on the 10.12.52. It was first overhauled between 30.8.56 and 19.10.56. It was re-allocated to Harrow Weald from 20.8.58, and overhauled again from 21.9.60 to 8.11.60. Another change of garage on 21.7.61 took it to Dalston. The final overhaul began in January 1965.
UK registration number: MXX 269. For other identifying numbers (chassis, body etc) please see this table.
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